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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (2012)
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Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.
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No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.
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Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.
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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
René Daumal
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May 20, 1969
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